Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria despite the jihadist group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to a UN report released today.

April 24, 2018 11:24 AMSAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook on Monday (April 23) said new detection tools wielded by its counterterrorism team are quickly detecting and removing extremist propaganda for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group and al-Qaeda.

April 24, 2018 5:00 AMBRUSSELS • A Belgian judge has sentenced Salah Abdeslam, the prime surviving suspect in the 2015 Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacks on Paris, to 20 years in prison over a shoot-out with police in Brussels in 2016.

April 24, 2018 5:00 AMWASHINGTON • In his first statement in 10 months, a spokesman for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has called for violence against neighbouring Arab nations, suggesting that the militant group's focus was turning closer to home.